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The European Union broadly backed Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former French finance minister, as the next head of the International Monetary Fund on Tuesday, even as Britain said the race remained open and questioned Europe's 61-year grip on the top...

A draft resolution to be introduced by the United States, Britain and Spain on Friday morning lifting economic sanctions against Iraq calls for the Security Council to endorse American and British control of Iraq's political development and financial...

September 22, 2002, Sunday

THE GREAT TAX WARS Lincoln to Wilson -- The Fierce Battles Over Money and Power That Transformed the Nation By Steven R. Weisman 419 pages. Simon & Schuster. $27. Federal tax policy, normally relegated to the business pages, is hot news...

September 11, 2002, Wednesday

To the Editor: Re ''A Kinder, Gentler Kennedy Runs for Governor,'' by Steven R. Weisman (Editorial Observer, Aug. 12): I would never categorize Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, who is running for governor of Maryland, as ''boring.'' Qualities like...

To the Editor: Steven R. Weisman (Editorial Observer, Jan. 18) is absolutely right: for at least two decades, New York City's ''representatives'' in Albany have agreed that city residents should pay higher taxes and receive lower school aid, in...

To the Editor: Re Steven R. Weisman's Sept. 29 Editorial Observer, ''The Senator and the Talmud: A Case Study'': As an observant Jew, I was chilled by the prediction that if Joseph I. Lieberman is elected vice president, his ''conduct could lead...

October 2, 2000, Monday

To the Editor: Congratulations on Steven R. Weisman's brilliant review. His take on Edmund Morris made me understand how it was possible for Ronald Reagan, the ex-actor and charismatic politician, to play the role of president and, in turn, to...